Fintech Startups Cannot Afford to Move Fast and Break Things
Jean-Denis Greze · Jean-Denis Greze: CTO of Plaid, the $18B Fintech Startup; How to Hire, Fire & Build Great UX | E1038 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jul 21, 2023 · at 19:35
Jean-Denis Greze, CTO of Plaid, explains why financial tech startups handling people's money must balance high speed of execution with extreme reliability.
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“You're Plaid, you're doing, or Stripe, or whatever you're doing, banking and payments thing, like you're not, you can't move fast and break things. You have to move fast, as fast as you can while not breaking things.”
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